{"id":19119,"date":"2022-06-20T10:23:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T10:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19119"},"modified":"2022-06-20T10:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T10:24:11","slug":"saxon-confirmed-as-saturday-headliners-for-steelhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19119","title":{"rendered":"SAXON confirmed as Saturday Headliners for Steelhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/saxon-carpe-diem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/saxon-carpe-diem.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/saxon-carpe-diem.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/saxon-carpe-diem-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/saxon-carpe-diem-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steelhouse Festival<\/strong>&nbsp;has been forced into a late change ahead of this year\u2019s event. However, the hugely positive outcome of this is that the mighty&nbsp;<strong>SAXON<\/strong>&nbsp;are now headlining&nbsp;<strong>Steelhouse<\/strong>&nbsp;Saturday, 30<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;of July.<br><br>This will be the metal legend\u2019s only UK festival appearance of 2022. They will be performing a \u201840<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Anniversary Greatest Hits\u2019 set.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement about the line-up change, promoters&nbsp;<strong>Mikey and Max&nbsp;<\/strong>said, \u201cWe have been informed by Ace Frehley&#8217;s representatives that, due to unforeseen circumstances on his part, he needs to cancel his entire European tour including his appearance at&nbsp;<strong>Steelhouse<\/strong>\u201d.&nbsp;<br><br>They continue, \u201cOur most heartfelt thanks to the mighty<strong>&nbsp;SAXON<\/strong>. A bona fide British metal institution who have gone above and beyond to make this happen and in the process make&nbsp;<strong>Steelhouse 2022<\/strong>&nbsp;an even more mouth-watering prospect. Every song in this set is a true metal classic.\u201d<br><br><strong>Biff Byford of SAXON<\/strong>&nbsp;said, \u201cWe\u2019ve been asked to step in and headline&nbsp;<strong>Steelhouse Festival<\/strong>, Saturday 30th July. We love playing there so happy to help out. We\u2019re doing our 40th anniversary set list so all the big songs. And it\u2019s our only UK festival this year so see you in Wales. Fill your heads with heavy metal thunder\u201d<br><br><br><strong>Steelhouse Festival<\/strong>&nbsp;was honoured to be voted&nbsp;<strong>\u2018Best Festival\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong>by the followers and members of the&nbsp;<strong>NWOCR<\/strong><strong>social community&nbsp;<\/strong>at the end of 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021, in the face of overwhelming odds, was a resounding success \u2013 marking as it did the 10<sup>th<\/sup><strong>Steelhouse Festival<\/strong>. 2022 has a lot to live up to, but is well on the way to being the best ever with an outstanding line-up and production upgrades including its\u00a0<strong>biggest ever stage<\/strong>.\u00a0Weekend and all day tickets are now on sale; demand has been such that Glamping\u00a0sold out faster than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail-4-730x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail-4-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail-4-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail-4-768x1078.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail-4.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Tickets <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gigantic.com\/steelhouse-festival-tickets?utm_source=uk_planetrocktickets&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=uk_planetrocktickets\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gigantic.com\/steelhouse-festival-tickets?utm_source=uk_planetrocktickets&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=uk_planetrocktickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With its unique mountain top setting on the edge of the beautiful Brecon Beacons, this family friendly great value event has built up a true following and a real heritage of its own since its establishment in 2011. Previous performers at The Steelhouse Festival have included Thin Lizzy, Glenn Hughes, Myles Kennedy, Black Star Riders, The Wildhearts, Thunder, The Darkness, UFO, Uriah Heep, Europe, Rival Sons, Saxon, Anvil, Michael Schenker, and Skindred. The event now includes a larger stage, an official Friday night, more glamping and we are working once more with our media partner Planet Rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steelhouse Festival&nbsp;has been forced into a late change ahead of this year\u2019s event. However, the hugely positive outcome of this is that the mighty&nbsp;SAXON&nbsp;are now headlining&nbsp;Steelhouse&nbsp;Saturday, 30th&nbsp;of July. This will be the metal legend\u2019s only UK festival appearance of 2022. 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